In Re Complaint of Owens Against Coker

OPINION BY

STEVENS, J.

¶ 1 Helen Owens appeals from the denial of her petition for independent review of a private complaint. We affirm.

¶2 This appeal stems from Appellant’s allegation that on February 23, 1996, her great-nephew, Jackie Coker, fraudulently withdrew more than thirty thousand dollars from a bank account Appellant held jointly with her sister. More than four years passed before Appellant brought Coker’s actions to the attention of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office on August 15, 2000, by filing a private criminal complaint pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 106. 1

¶ 3 On October 3,…